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Its most recent, and slightly dubious, discoveries were a lair for unicorns and waterproofing liquid.

Now the world’s most secretive state claims to have given the globe a brand new first: a sports drink made from mushroom fungus.

Scientists in North Korea have hailed the beverage as the first major invention by the country’s much-heralded Central Mushroom Research Institute in Pyongyang.

The institute’s researchers were under some pressure to produce a great new invention after a visit from Kim Jong Un, the country’s leader, late last year. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said at the time that it was